Receiver
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsYasuyuki Ikeguchi, Tatsuya Hosomi, Toru Shibusawa, Hirotsugu Murashima
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Abstract
A receiver has a tuner for receiving a TV broadcast program and a modem for receiving an e-mail. Also, the receiver outputs a message if there exists any unopened e-mail. In addition, the receiver has a camera for sending a videophone image. A viewer in front of the receiver is recognized, and it is determined whether or not the recognized viewer matches the addressee of the unopened e-mail. If a result of the determination is negative, a message output operation is prohibited.
Claims9
A receiver with a program reception function of receiving a broadcast program and a mail reception function of receiving an e-mail, comprising:
- a message outputter for outputting a message when there exists an unopened e-mail that is received by means of said mail reception function and is not yet opened;
- a recognizer for recognizing a viewer of the broadcast program received by means of said program reception function;
- a determiner for determining whether or not the viewer recognized by said recognizer matches an addressee of said unopened e-mail;
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- a prohibitor for prohibiting said message outputter from performing an output operation when the result of determination by said determiner is negative.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.